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Aligning Millennium Development Goals and the EU Social Inclusion Process April 26-27, 2004, Vilnius, Lithuania Poverty Reduction Action Plan and JIM in Lithuania Romas Lazutka / lazutka@ktl.mii.lt. 1. Overall Message.

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  1. Aligning Millennium Development Goals and the EU Social Inclusion ProcessApril 26-27, 2004, Vilnius, LithuaniaPoverty Reduction Action Plan and JIM in LithuaniaRomas Lazutka / lazutka@ktl.mii.lt

  2. 1. Overall Message • There was permanent attention to the poverty issues during the last decade in Lithuania; • because of UNDP supported activitiesLithuanian public institutions and NGOs became better prepared for the EU Open Method of Coordination on Social Inclusion; • however, poverty still is too high for the period of successful economy

  3. Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) Poverty Reduction Action Plan (PRAP) Reports on the Millennium Development Goals (RMDG) Joint Inclusion Memorandum (JIM) National Action Plan for Social Inclusion (NAP) 2. From Copenhagen (1995) to Brussels (2004)

  4. 3. Strategic goals • to eliminate extreme poverty by 2003 (from 0.9% in 1999) • to reduce relative poverty to at least 13% in 2005 (from 15.8 in 1999) • to reduce the poverty level of the poorest social groups (large families, agricultural workers, etc.) to at least 20% by 2005

  5. Slow in start Challenging goals Well structured Uncertain “ownership” 4. Strengths and weaknesses of Poverty Reduction Strategy

  6. 5. Poverty Reduction Action Plan • Capacity building priority (active labour market measures, access to the basic social services, adequate social assistance) • Extensive set of measures • Strong links to the neighbouring policy documents • Well planned activities of the preparation process • Periodic but bureaucratic monitoring and evaluation

  7. 6. Incorporation of anti-poverty and social inclusion policy in the National Strategic documents • National Strategy for Sustainable Development • National Strategy for Economic Development (2015) • National Programme onEqual Opportunities for Women and Men for 2003-2004 • Strategic Guidelines for Education Development • Education Improvement Project, Lithuania 2002-2005 • The Programme for Increasing Employment of the Republic of Lithuania for 2001-2004

  8. 7. The Joint Inclusion Memorandum • outlines the principal challenges in relation to tackling poverty and social exclusion, • presents the major policy measures must be taken by Lithuania in the light of the agreement to start translating the EU's common objectives into national policies, and • identifies the key policy issues for the future monitoring and policy review

  9. 8. Preparation of JIM in Lithuania was supported by the thematic study “Evaluation and improvement of the capacity of all actors to address poverty and social exclusion’’

  10. 9. The main elements of the study • identification of relevant actors, their respective roles and reasons for involvement in combating poverty and social exclusion • actual and potential techniques and forms for the mobilisation of different actors • development of the actors’ capacity in the fight against poverty and social exclusion

  11. 10. Poverty in growing economy

  12. 11. Deposits and Minimal Standard of Living

  13. 12. Deposits above 30 000 LTL (8 700 EUR) 0.8 % of all deposits 30 % of all savings

  14. 13. Deposits above 10 000 LTL (2 900 EUR) 4.4 % of all deposits 62 % of all savings

  15. 14. Deposits under 1000 LTL (290 EUR)(120 LTL or 30 EUR in average) 80 % of all deposits 4.6 % of all savings

  16. 15. Financing of social inclusion • Allocation of public resources • EU Structural Funds (ERDF, ESF) • The Single Programming Document

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